ESSENTIALS OF TRAUMA NURSING

Course overview

The goal of this course is to provide comprehensive content on nursing trauma care, including mechanisms of injury, common injuries seen, and resuscitation and management of injured patients. The course serves as a reference for trauma registered nurses working in the emergency room, trauma intensive care units, and for those practicing in nontrauma clinical areas who desire to know more about trauma care. The course also serves as a preparation for trauma nursing certification. Course content includes basic concepts of trauma systems, triage, initial assessment of pediatric and adult trauma, shock, trauma to specific anatomic regions, burn and cold injuries, maternal and pediatric trauma, elder trauma, bariatric trauma, psychosocial aspects of trauma care, disaster management, interpretation of arterial blood gas reports, and nursing care of the recovering trauma patient.